Bookseller of the Last Century
Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery, and of the Books He Published, with a Notice of the Later Newberys

Charles Welsh's 1885 account of John Newbery, the pioneering publisher of children's books and the founder of various newspapers.

Charles Welsh (Author)

9781108012799, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 June 2010

404 pages, 9 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.46 kg

Charles Welsh's account of the achievements of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of good-quality children's books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes. In many ways he can be regarded as the first publisher who created and marketed books specifically for children. He was an associate of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and founded a number of newspapers that published some of their works. Welsh also draws attention to a less well known aspect of Newbery's diverse business ventures: his involvement in the selling of patent medicines. The author chronicles the immediate successors to the Newbery business and includes a lengthy summary of the son Francis Newbery's autobiography. The illustrated book contains a number of appendices including John Newbery's will, lists of his publications and some of the newspapers with which he was associated.

Preface
1. Ancestors
2. Removal to St Paul's Churchyard
3. First employment of Goldsmith
4. John Newbery's character
5. Newbery's will
6. Books for children in the reign of Queen Anne
7. Francis Newbery
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Publishing industry & book trade [KNTP]